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    Photo of Carolina false dandelion flowerhead.

    Carolina False Dandelion

    Pyrrhopappus carolinianus
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    Edible

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    Common Cinquefoil

    Potentilla simplex
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    Goldenrods

    Solidago spp. (23 species in Missouri)
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    Large-Flowered Gaura

    Oenothera filiformis (formerly Gaura longiflora, G. biennis)
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    New World Asters (American Asters)

    Symphyotrichum spp. (formerly Aster spp.)
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    Ox-Eye Daisy

    Leucanthemum vulgare (formerly Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)
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    Pale Indian Plantain

    Arnoglossum atriplicifolium (also Cacalia atriplicifolia)
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    Erigeron philadelphicus
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    Helianthus spp.
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    Melilotus albus and M. officinale
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    Verbesina virginica

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